Thursday, April 18, 2024

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THE PROPOSED Hood Marina is located on land already deeded away by the Navy and located near 384 acres of additional property the Navy has said it doesn’t need. /

Navy seeking fair value for land to be developed

It will likely be many years before the state can take control of 384 acres of waterfront property on Aquidneck Island that the Navy...
GREEN LIGHT: Connie McGreavy, owner of Conserve By Design, discovered her love for design while working as an environmental engineer fresh out of college. /

For consultant McGreavy,<br> it <i>is</i> easy being ‘green’

Connie McGreavy was “green” before it was chic. Over the course of her three-decade-long career, McGreavy has experienced the ups and downs of the alternative-energy...
SPREADING THE WORD: From left: Ramon Martinez, Constance A. Howes, Dr. Pablo Rodriguez and Dr. Maureen Phipps, at a Jan. 21 event announcing a $138,000 NIH grant. /

W&I, Latino station team to spread health literacy

Four days a week, Latinos across Rhode Island tune in 88.1FM to listen to “Nuestra Salud” – “Our Health” – an hour-long program hosted...

Brown University to cut salaries, jobs as endowment falls

PROVIDENCE – Brown University, facing investment losses and a decline in fundraising, plans to freeze salaries, hire fewer teachers and eliminate administrative jobs as...

The New York Times to sell its share in Red Sox

NEW YORK – The New York Times Co. confirmed it has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to sell its stake in the Boston Red...

Making discounts count

These days, if you aren’t offering a discount of some kind, you might not be selling much at all. Pervasive discounting spurred by the...
ATTORNEY GARY R. PANNONE, of the firm Pannone Lopes & Devereaux, left, and John J. Padien III, CEO of the Arc of Blackstone Valley, in Pannone’s Providence office. The law firm will present quarterly seminars to the leaders of nonprofit organizations. /

Readying nonprofits to consolidate

Pannone Lopes & Devereaux LLC will present a series of free quarterly seminars this year to help nonprofit organizations cope with the challenges of...
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Taxes uncollected on remote purchases

A local consumer has a number of options if she wants to buy a copy of, say, Malcolm Gladwell’s new book, “Outliers.” Her choices...
ON TIME: A view of the proposed “Clock Place” at Dowling Village, a $90 million retail, commercial and residential complex being built in North Smithfield. Clock Place will be a patio area where people can gather while shopping. /

Dowling Village moving ahead despite opposition

In spite of intense opposition from some segments of the community, plans for the $90 million retail, office and residential complex Dowling Village are...

Conflicts are a constant worry for investors

In my line of work, I fund and help grow companies working with and for many stakeholders – investors (which could be private companies...
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